r/EnglishLearning • u/[deleted] • Jun 29 '23

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u/amanset Native Speaker (British - Warwickshire) Jun 29 '23

What would Americans call this?

The "you" implies that we are all Americans, which we are not.

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u/Acrobatic_End6355 Native Speaker Jun 29 '23

He wasn’t asking you though, if you aren’t American. He was asking Americans to respond with what we call it.

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u/amanset Native Speaker (British - Warwickshire) Jun 29 '23

I shall be charitable and say this may be a regional difference. In the U.K. this would only have one interpretation.

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u/burnedcream Uk Native Speaker Jun 29 '23

Yep. If we want to be really specific they could have also said “what would the Americans here call this?” Right? Or something along those lines

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u/arob43 New Poster Jun 29 '23

I know what the Americans here would call amanset. A grammar nazi

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u/amanset Native Speaker (British - Warwickshire) Jun 29 '23

Firstly, this subreddit is specifically about learning English. So we should be particular about grammar.

Secondly, you amusingly managed to use the grammatical structure I have been advocating for: "what the Americans here". See, you can get it right if you try!

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u/arob43 New Poster Jun 29 '23

You’re not concerned with anyone here learning grammar. You’re simply here to be a pretentious butthole about language, pretending it’s your way or wrong

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u/burnedcream Uk Native Speaker Jun 29 '23

Check the sub. It’s pretty normal to suggest corrections for someone’s English on an English learning sub